Fibro warriors! Do you get cycles/bouts of fatigue and brain fog?

[TabSim12]

At least once a month, I wake up with a brain fog, which just feels like I’m constantly tired and need to sleep. I also get dizziness, heart palpitations and lightheadedness. I’ve had blood tests to rule out other conditions but all samples came back clear. I was doing a bit of research and Fibromyalgia came up as one of the results. I have few symptoms but it really only affects me for a day in that month. I was curious to know if anyone gets a cycle of brain fog? The only way I can describe it is as a hangover without the night before of alcohol! Many thanks x

[Hidden]

Hi, you could have CFS. Or just anxiety issues, I’m only going on how I feel with CFS, and all you say ticks all the boxes, doesn’t mean to say you have fm, possibly a related illness, I am no doctor, so I couldn’t say.Are you sleeping properly, or feeling drained, it’s a hard one to diagnose.

Took me years to get diagnosed with CFS and fm.

Keep a diary, and see how it affects you, and how frequent you are getting episodes.

[TabSim12 in reply to Hidden]

Thank you, that’s really useful information! I’m not assuming I have any conditions but just what I’ve been reading, and I’ve never been given a proper reason by my GP. I’ve started to keep a diary. I have weird sleep patterns, sometimes I sleep great, or not at all and sometimes I’ll wake up at silly hours and wake up in 2 hour intervals. I couldn’t see much info on fibro fog so wanted to know a little more about it with someone other than a healthcare professional! Thank you x

[Dizzytwo Moderator]

Hi there, welcome to the group. Yes many suffer from what you describe. Welcome to the wonderful world of fibro 😐

I see you've left your post unlocked to this community only for privacy reasons you may want to lock it. Also locked posts tend to get more replies for obvious reasons xx

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